redneckofsc wrote:Lowe is now 3rd in the AL in ERA (after the 4th inning), tied for 2nd in wins, could be tied for first if he gets a win today, and tied for 1st in GIDP

He's pitching great, and he's been a great pickup, but other than Texas and Boston (21 baserunners in 12 innings) he's pitched against the dregs of the league. This. Is. Not. Sustainable. Not even 3.0 K/9; more BB's than K's.

Also doesn't help that the guy's bread n' butter is ground balls and the Indians are the 4th worst fielding team in the entire league.

rebelwithoutaclue wrote:He's pitching great, and he's been a great pickup, but other than Texas and Boston (21 baserunners in 12 innings) he's pitched against the dregs of the league. This. Is. Not. Sustainable. Not even 3.0 K/9; more BB's than K's.

Also doesn't help that the guy's bread n' butter is ground balls and the Indians are the 4th worst fielding team in the entire league.

Prepare for the fall.

While I agree with your overall sentiment, and especially his astronomically high LOB%, Anaheim and Toronto aren't "dregs". Yeah, the Angels suck in the standings, but their lineup is still very dangerous, struggling or not.

Furthermore, KC's lineup has a lot of good hitters as well.

He's caught good lineups when they were struggling, but he kept them down. There's something to be said about that.

It's not like he has three starts v. MIN, two v. SEA, and another v. OAK. He's faced lineups with a lot of talent.

A God Damn dead man would understand that if a minor league bus in any city took a real sharp right turn, a Zack McCalister would likely fall out. - Lead Pipe

Anyway, if he's still as Duncanian after the same number of ABs that it took for Kotchman and Choo to "come around" let me know and I'll help you throw him in the trunk of car and bury him in a shallow grave.

Anyway, if he's still as Duncanian after the same number of ABs that it took for Kotchman and Choo to "come around" let me know and I'll help you throw him in the trunk of car and bury him in a shallow grave.

Let's not wait to see if he comes around. I'll start digging.

A God Damn dead man would understand that if a minor league bus in any city took a real sharp right turn, a Zack McCalister would likely fall out. - Lead Pipe

Anyway, if he's still as Duncanian after the same number of ABs that it took for Kotchman and Choo to "come around" let me know and I'll help you throw him in the trunk of car and bury him in a shallow grave.

Let's not wait to see if he comes around. I'll start digging.

You just don't want to like him because he's taking ABs away from your version (a shitty, can't play version, BTW) of Jamey Carroll.

We should bury Damon next to his dead arm though. Any idea where they laid that to rest five years ago?

British_Pharaoh wrote:Now there is one trade that doesn't look shitty.

Lowe has been excellent all year

Loved the trade when they made it (though it was partially based on an improved defense with Kotchman and Hannahan instead of LaPorta and Chiz, which hasn't come to fruition) and it's looking even better now. Even if he can't keep it up against the not-Twins, if he can keep doing it against AL Central teams, he could be in line for 15 wins.

Yeah, they suck and they're paying Joe Mauer $23 million a year every year until 2018 and he has a no-trade clause all the way to the end. Seven more years to go and the guy is a .270 singles hitter with no speed. And we've been crying about Hafner's contract.

Heck, I even heard Mauer getting booed a couple of times.

Could be an interesting game tonight. Seattle has King Felix going which means the runs will be almost impossible to come by. He shut the Indians out for 8 innings in his first start against them. But he is right-handed and the Tribe is something like 16-7 against righties, so I suppose there's a chance.

Ubaldo has been very good at home and Seattle is 11th in runs with an average of 3.6, so if he can get the ball over the plate once in a while there's a chance we could have a close, low scoring game. Which is what we had the first time we faced Felix and we ended up winning. But I don't see the Tribe winning two in a row against this guy.

Prosecutor wrote:.......Ubaldo has been very good at home and Seattle is 11th in runs with an average of 3.6, so if he can get the ball over the plate once in a while there's a chance we could have a close, low scoring game. Which is what we had the first time we faced Felix and we ended up winning. But I don't see the Tribe winning two in a row against this guy.